Ball State vs. Bowling Green

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Ball State’s biggest win1989: Ball State 28, Bowling Green 3by 25 points
2. Bowling Green’s biggest win1968: Bowling Green 62, Ball State 8by 54 points
3. Upset1975: Ball State 27, Bowling Green 20Ball State had a 24% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2014: Ball State 41, Bowling Green 24Ball State had a 28% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset2026: Ball State 32, Bowling Green 31Ball State had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Ball State’s side (Wallace 2–⁠5 against Stolz). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

Every game is listed as played on the field.

• Ball State vs. Western Michigan52 meetings, Ball State 22–⁠30
• Ball State vs. Toledo51 meetings, Ball State 21–⁠29–⁠1
• Ball State vs. Eastern Michigan50 meetings, Ball State 32–⁠18
• Ball State vs. Northern Illinois49 meetings, Ball State 24–⁠24–⁠1
• Bowling Green vs. Toledo64 meetings, Bowling Green 30–⁠33–⁠1
• Bowling Green vs. Kent State63 meetings, Bowling Green 47–⁠16
• Bowling Green vs. Ohio62 meetings, Bowling Green 33–⁠28–⁠1
• Bowling Green vs. Miami (OH)60 meetings, Bowling Green 22–⁠34–⁠4